FSO: 1945 - Operation August Storm (Russian vs. Japan)

[Ponyace]

One more question.
Do the Japanese have the A6M5b? It seems like a Japanese FSO without the zeke is like the Germans without the 109.

[442w30]

A6M5 was a Navy aircraft. The Japanese Navy Carriers were at the bottom of the Pacific by late 1945.

[splitatom]

wait are the Russians launching from cv's or do task groups have no cv

[Fencer51]

A6M5 was a Navy aircraft. The Japanese Navy Carriers were at the bottom of the Pacific by late 1945.

So was the N1K2.  Just because it is Navy doesn't mean it was always used on a ship or designed for one.

There were alot of A6M5s still around in August 1945, now as to their use in Manchuria, I have no data.

[Saxman]

AFAIK the N1K2 never operated from a carrier.

[fudgums]

wait are the Russians launching from cv's or do task groups have no cv

I believe mother russia will launch from the Part of the land on the west side of the map

[Shifty]

AFAIK the N1K2 never operated from a carrier.

You're correct Sax. Actually the N1K2 was derived from the original N1K1 Floatplane fighter.




The N1K1J was the land based version derived from it. The N1K2 being an improved version of the N1K1J.



In fact the J2M Raiden was another Japanese Navy fighter never intended for carrier use.




As far as I know the only aircraft ever envisioned to replace the Zeke on carriers was the Mitsubishi A7M which never made it to operational service.




442w30 Some of the highest scoring  Japanese Navy A6M pilots never flew it from a carrier.
Nishizawa and Sakai to name a couple.

[mechanic]

Did I leave the mossie in? Woops, another sort of typo .. had discussion with other CMs about whether to use the Mossie as a sub for the Pe-2 and decided that I would leave it out. So if I left it in the description that was a mistake.

ah, roger that

[Krusty]

There were alot of A6M5s still around in August 1945, now as to their use in Manchuria, I have no data.

Wouldn't they be later model zekes than what we have? Pitting them against Las, Yaks, and the like might seem like ... well... a bit overkill on the allied part.

Wasn't the most common zeke model in late '44 and '45 the A6M5c, with upgraded armor, weapons, and (I can't recall if this is right) a bit more horsepower?

[Fencer51]

AFAIK the N1K2 never operated from a carrier.

It never was intended to operate from a carrier, which was my point.  But it was a Navy fighter.  The Japanese were werid about their force structure.

[ghostdancer]

Russians have the La5N.

After frame 1 as a designer I reserve the right to either add in the Mossie as a sub for the Pe-2 or add in very, very limited La-7s. Will see how things turn out and how the game play balance goes.

[haasehole]

with the current FSO fuel burn 1.0 the  la7 will have close to 1 hr flight time 

[texastc316]

but 5 mins of ammo

[442w30]

I stand corrected and educated!  Thank you all for info that I was unaware of.   

[RSLQK186]

It never was intended to operate from a carrier, which was my point.  But it was a Navy fighter.  The Japanese were werid about their force structure.

Territorial war lords fighting with each other over who gets to fight the enemy was not weird for them at all